In this practical and accessible guide, bestselling author Dr Marc Weissbluth - a leading paediatrician - outlines his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your children"s sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step programme for establishing beneficial habits within the framework of your child"s natural sleep cycles. This valuable handbook reveals the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep; helps you stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares and bedwetting; analyses ways to get your baby to fall asleep naturally; and offers the latest information on a range of topics including: how to handle "nap-resistant" kids when to start sleep-training the father"s role in comforting children the benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the "family bed" Rest is vital to your child"s health, growth and development. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child Dr Marc Weissbluth outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age.